Kentucky · Census place 2112160

Campbellsville, Kentucky

Campbellsville is a city in Taylor County, Kentucky with an estimated 11,820 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 36th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,820
#36 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+3.4%
+387 people
Land area
7.6 sq mi
+ 0.13 sq mi water
Density
1,561 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Campbellsville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Campbellsville population, 2020 to 2024

Campbellsville added 387 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.4%. In the latest year it moved by +84. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 33rd; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Campbellsville is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,443. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Campbellsville covers 7.57 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 1,561 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Campbellsville is close to the typical town.

What county Campbellsville is in

All of Campbellsville's residents live in Taylor County, which had 26,809 residents in 2024. Campbellsville holds 44.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Campbellsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Campbellsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42718. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Campbellsville is

The Census internal point of Campbellsville is at 37.343900, -85.352200. Frankfort, the capital, is 63.8 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bardstown, KY (14,104 people), 33.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 59.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.343900, -85.352200
DMS
37°20'38.04"N 85°21'7.92"W
UTM
16N 645957.2E 4134296.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
869P8JVX+H4

Daylight in Campbellsville

At 37.34° N, Campbellsville gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Campbellsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Greensburg, 9.7 miles away, with 2,245 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Campbellsville, KY?

11,820 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 387 (3.4%) from 11,433 in July 2020.

What county is Campbellsville in?

Taylor County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Campbellsville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42718.

How far is Campbellsville from Frankfort?

63.8 miles (102.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Campbellsville.

What is the nearest larger city to Campbellsville?

Bardstown, KY, with 14,104 residents, 33.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.